DETROIT >> Gustav Nyquist has plans of being someplace warm when the Olympic break comes around.

But he is willing to change them.

With Johan Franzen withdrawing from Team Sweden on Thursday because of issues with a concussion, Nyquist’s name will now be bantered about as a possible replacement for the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

“It’s not something where if you have travel plans, a trip booked or something like that, you wouldn’t be too sad to leave that behind and go to the Olympics,” Nyquist said after the team’s morning skate Friday at Joe Louis Arena. “I’d love to go. It would be an amazing experience. We’ll see what happens. It’s not the way you want to get a spot on the roster, see one of your teammates not be able to go. But I’d love to go.”

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Nyquist is one of three players on Sweden’s reserve list, along with Nashville’s Patric Hornqvist and Washington’s Marcus Johansson.

“It’s something I had as a goal,” Nyquist said. “I knew it would be tough for sure to get a spot, but it’s something I’ve had in the back of your head. It doesn’t come around too often. All the great players are going. It would be amazing experience for sure.”

Nyquist said he hasn’t heard anything from officials on if he’ll be the replacement of not.

Five other Swedes on the Wings’ rosters – Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall, Daniel Alfredsson, Jonathan Ericsson and Jonas Gustavsson – will also be going.

Another spot on the roster may open depending on the status of Vancouver’s Henrik Sedin, who questionable due to bruised ribs.

“That’s for management to decide,” said Henrik Zetterberg, who is the captain for Sweden. “They’ll probably make a decision soon.”

Entering play Friday, Nyquist had scored a goal in four consecutive games and had nine goals and 17 assists in 28 games.

Franzen played one game, last Sunday, after missing the previous 16 due to concussion-like symptoms.

“The whole thing’s been a tough break for the Mule,” Wings coach Mike Babcock said. “Mule’s a man with two young kids and you need to be healthy for that first. Life is way more important than hockey so you need to get feeling good and it’s hard to have the kind of life you want unless you’re feeling good.

“We’ve got to get this looked after and then the next step would be for him to get his hockey back,” Babcock continued. “But we’ve got to be diligent about the process we’re going through so he can be healthy.”

The Wings placed him on short-term injured reserve Tuesday.

The earliest he could return to the lineup is Monday, but that appears highly unlikely according to Wings general manager Ken Holland.

“It’s doubtful we’ll play him before the Olympics,” Holland said on Thursday. “Hopefully he’ll be ready to go after that.”

Ins and outs

Zetterberg returned to the lineup after missing two games with a reoccurring back issue.

Zetterberg replaced Daniel Cleary, who was supposed to a healthy scratch last Sunday before Zetterberg was a last minute scratch due to a bad back.

Zetterberg missed 11 games in December with a herniated disc.

After sitting out the last four games, Jakub Kindl returned to the lineup as well replacing Brian Lashoff.

“When you’re perceived as an offensive guy you’ve got to be an offensive guy, but in order to be an offensive guy you can’t play in your own zone,” Babcock said. “That’s the big challenge for him obviously. He’s really improved over the years and we think he can help our power play and yet our power play hasn’t generated a lot of points here in the last bit with him on it so other guys got their opportunities back in you’ve got to grab your piece and hang onto it.”

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